Conscience Use Varies

Opinion - Letters from readers

SO WELTON Cadwell, Lake County commissioner, is worried about the possibility of an appearance of conflict of interest in what is probably a beneficial venture at the county industrial park.

I don't recall that Cadwell even raised an eyebrow over a certain highly placed Washington official who used company facilities, at company expense, to take his daughter 2,500 miles to college.

The company stuff he used for personal gain was a big airplane, crew, bodyguards, assistants and supplies for his family and himself.

If I had used company time and facilities to take my family to California when I worked for Martin in Orlando, I would have been fired on the spot. In addition, because Martin's overhead was negotiated for government reimbursement, the feds would have been after me as well - not to mention the Internal Revenue Service for undeclared income. J. Douglas Wells, MONTVERDE